Mantra 3

Sukta 24

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

द्यावापृथिवी दातॄणामधिपत्नि ते मावताम् । अस्मिन् ब्रह्मण्यस्मिन् कर्मण्यस्यृं पुरोधायामस्यां प्रतिष्ठायामस्यां चित्त्यामस्यामाकूत्यामस्यामाशिष्यस्यां देवहूत्यां स्वाहा

IAST Transliteration

dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ dātṝṇā́m ádhipatnī té mā́ avatām | asmín bráhmaṇy asmín kármaṇy asyā́m purodhā́yām asyā́m pratíṣṭhāyām asyā́m cittiyā́m asyā́m ākū́tyām asyā́m āśíṣy asyā́m devahū́tyāṁ svā́hā

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Heaven and Earth, the two Over-ladies of the givers, let them protect me. In this holy utterance, in this operation; in this fore-setting, in this establishment; in this ordered piling, in this intent; in this blessing, in this calling of the Gods—Svāhā!

Translation

த்யாவா-பிருதிவீ, தானம் அளிப்போரின் அதிபத்னிகள், அவர்கள் என்னைக் காக்கட்டும். இந்த பிரஹ்மத்தில், இந்த கர்மத்தில்; இந்த புரோதாயாம் (முன்-நிறுவலில்), இந்த பிரதிஷ்டாயாம் (நிலைப்படுத்தலில்); இந்த சித்யாம் (விதிப்படி அடுக்கல்/சயனத்தில்), இந்த ஆகூத்யாம் (சங்கல்பத்தில்); இந்த ஆசிஷ்யாம் (ஆசி/ஆசீர்வாதத்தில்), இந்த தேவஹூத்யாம் (தேவ-ஆஹ்வானத்தில்)—ஸ்வாஹா.

Word by Word

द्यावाheaven (the two heavens / heaven as a pair with earth)

पृथिवीearth

दातॄणाम्of the givers / donors

अधिपत्निover-lady, mistress, sovereign

तेof you / thy

मावताम्of the mighty/possessors (of power/wealth)

अस्मिन्in this

ब्रह्मण्येin the sacred formulation / brahmanic (rite)

अस्मिन्in this

कर्मण्येin the act/ritual action

अस्याम्in this (f.)

पुरोधायाम्in the placing-in-front / in the priestly ‘purodhā’ (fore-setting)

अस्याम्in this

प्रतिष्ठायाम्in the establishment / firm standing

अस्याम्in this

चित्त्याम्in the intention / thought / resolve

अस्याम्in this

आकूत्याम्in the purpose/plan, intention

अस्याम्in this

आशिषिin the blessing

अस्याम्in this

देवहूत्याम्in the invocation/calling of the gods

स्वाहाsvāhā (ritual exclamation at offering)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa tradition (not securely determinable from the isolated verse)

Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī

Chandas: Enumerative litany with Anuṣṭubh-like opening

Mantra Rasa

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